Noida: Two more FIRs have been registered over Facebook posts that police said were designed to malign the image of the force after the April 13 labour unrest in the city.The FIRs accused the users of two accounts of circulating “false” and “defamatory” claims that police had illegally picked up workers, “kidnapped” them and used…
Panaji: In a first, state govt has drafted a policy to set up a unit to convert used cooking oil (UCO) into biodiesel, reducing Goa’s dependence on imported fuel. Over the last four-and-a-half years, Goa generated 9 lakh kg of UCO, which was exported to Australia for conversion into biodiesel.UCO, which is also known as…
Gorakhpur: Yashita Rai, a student of The Pillars Public School, has secured a place among the top 35 students selected nationwide for the Orientation-cum-Selection Camp (OCSC) under the Indian National Biology Olympiad (INBO), bringing laurels to the city.The selection process is conducted by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, one of India’s premier scientific…
The Unesco MoW register calls the Jain manuscript “an example of the finest expression in the art of miniature paintings. The ink used in the manuscript is gum lamp black and white paint made from mineral silver”. The Shantinatha Charita, a 14th century Jain manuscript, made its public debut at Ahmedabad’s LD Museum on May…
Chandigarh: A Sector 46 resident fell victim to the ‘oil leak’ distraction trick and lost a bag containing around Rs 1.5 lakh in cash in Sector 45. Sector 34 police have registered a case and launched an investigation.Complainant Pratham Sharma told police that he had gone to a private hospital in Sector 45 on Saturday…
Pune: Bhimashankar in Pune district, with an average rainfall of over 1,900 to 2,000mm in the monsoon, should hardly complain about water scarcity. But the summers here are so dry that hundreds of tribal women from remote hamlets descend the steep and rocky hillsides every morning to look for water to fill their vessels and…
Guwahati: Another robbery incident has come to light in Assam, this time in Kamrup district, where five robbers have stormed into the house of a CRPF officer and fled with valuables.The incident occurred at Athara Kamortola village under Rangia Police Station late on Thursday night, sparking concern among residents.Police on Sunday said the robbers made…
Dug up road in Gomti Nagar Lucknow: Residents of Vishal Khand in Gomti Nagar have raised concerns over an allegedly dug-up service lane that has remained unrepaired for more than a week after PNG pipeline work carried out by Green Gas Ltd (GGL).The affected stretch is located near Manoj Pandey Crossing, where pipelines were laid…
GRP Jaipur on Sunday arrested a man(in the middle) in a case of theft of jewellery worth Rs 63 lakh stolen from Chennai Jaipur train from passengers. The family travelled on May 1 Jaipur: Govt Railway Police (GRP) Jaipur Sunday arrested a member of a Haryana-based theft gang for allegedly stealing jewellery worth around Rs…
Dutch PM Rob Jetten pressed India for the return of a young girl who was allegedly abducted by her father in 2016, when she was two years old, from Amsterdam and brought to India.“We also spoke about the case regarding the abduction of Insiya to India by her father,” said Jetten on X after his…
